Discord looked over Canterlot which was in smoke and said, "I have fulfilled my part of the deal… now you are to fulfill yours."
"Of course Discord… young Fluttershy will be yours… my masters armies will arrive soon and they shall either corrupt or kill Platinum Victory…"
"Where is Fluttershy?"
"Ask Queen Chrysalis… she is the one who hid her away so she could manipulate Platinum Victory…"
The Shadow left Discord's body and floated off into the city while Discord went to find Queen Chrysalis who was in the castle throne room which had both the Princess hanging from the ceiling in actual chrysalises above her.
"Ahh Discord, the one behind our success… what is it you want?" she asked.
"Where did you put Fluttershy?"
"Oh her… I locked her in the basement of that dreadful place called Sugar Cube Corner in Ponyville…"
Discord instantly left after hearing where she was.
Fluttershy was afraid. She tried opening the door yet it was locked and she found no way out.
She sat in a corner imaging Platinum breaking through the door and rescuing her. Yet as time continued to pass it seemed more and more unlikely.
She wanted to believe Discord wasn't responsible for what was going on, yet the screams she could hear above her were making her lose that opinion.
Yet she heard the door break down and instantly stood up and said, "Platinum?"
Yet it was Discord that walked into the room which shocked Fluttershy for a few moments before she said, "Oh Discord! I knew the others were wrong about you!"
"You did? I mean of course! We have to leave… if we stay very horrid things will happen…"
"Won't the Princesses stop it?"
"No, they were defeated by Queen Chrysalis. We have to escape Equestria…"
"We have to find Platinum then! He can stop this!"
"We have no time, and there is no way he could stop this!"
"I won't do anything without him!"
"We can't get him!"
"Why not?"
"Because he's dead already!"
Fluttershy froze upon hearing this and then said, "What… how can he be…"
"I saw it with my own eyes, he was battling the Shadow and he was beaten…"
Her eyes filled with tears and she said, "No… he couldn't be…"
"I'm so sorry… but he is…"
She hugged him and began bawling.
"Come Fluttershy, we have to leave…"
She followed him out as they flew away from Ponyville which was under attack by an army of Changelings.
She took a quick look back at the town she had spent a large portion of her life in as she abandoned it and the memory of the one she loved.
She turned away and continued following Discord for around an hour until a black mist floated in front of them and they both stopped.
"Discord… I'm disappointed in you…" a voice said.
"What are you?" he demanded.
"Oh you know who I am… Stop playing dumb for little Fluttershy here…"
"D…Discord? What's going on?"
"Oh, so you haven't told her yet?"
"Haven't told me what?"
"Discord is responsible for all of this… without him none of my plans would have succeeded…"
"Plans?"
"She has heard enough of your lying!" Discord said.
"Oh no… she hasn't…"
"Who… what are you?"
"You don't recognize me? I am the Shadow… the one who possessed Platinum Victory to nearly destroy Ponyville…"
"You…"
"And Discord here helped me bring Equestria to the ground…"
"You're lying!"
"Am I sweet heart?"
She looked to Discord and asked, "Is it… true?"
"Yes… it is…"
She flew back a few feet in fear and said, "Why…?"
"I did it for you…"
"You… really think I would want this? You caused the stallion I loved to die…"
"He isn't dead… it was a lie… so that you would come with me…"
"Platinum was right… you haven't changed…" she said flying back towards Ponyville.
Discord watched as she flew away and he turned to the Shadow and yelled, "You told me she would be mine! Yet you ruin it!"
"I saved your miserable life Discord!" it replied.
"Oh really? And how was I in danger of losing it?"
"You are connected with the God of Darkness now… he can end your life with a simple thought… and you were trying to abandon your duty in serving him by running… if I hadn't stopped you… you would be dead…"
"I have done what I was supposed to do!"
"Not yet! There is one thing left… I told you that we must either convert or kill Platinum Victory… we have not done so yet…"
"Yet you have already ruined your end of the deal…"
"You have by trying to take it too soon, and just because it is broken doesn't mean you are exempt from your duties and if you fail in them the great one shall end you…"
"And he wouldn't end you?"
"He wouldn't… he gives his more significant servants three chances and the ones that his servants gather as allies have one… I failed only once, so failing here would make two… yet if you do as you are commanded then my master will reward you with whatever you desire… and me with my physical form once again…"
Discord got onto his knees and said, "I will do… as he commands…"
"Good… don't let yourself sway ever again…"
Fluttershy searched through Ponyville until she found her friends hiding out in the library.
"Fluttershy what are you doing out there?! Get inside!" Twilight said.
She hurried inside and they locked the door behind her.
"Have you ponies seen Platinum?" Fluttershy asked.
The five looked at each other worriedly and Twilight said, "Yes… we found him…"
"Oh thank Celestia, where is he?"
"When we found him he was… frozen stiff… his eyes were green and no matter what we did he just stood there."
"Where is he now?"
"We dragged him here, he's upstairs…"
She went up the stairs and saw Platinum standing like a statue, staring at the wall with strange bright green eyes instead of the normal orange.
She tried talking to him, but got no response. She tried moving him around yet nothing was working.
She began losing hope. Would he be stuck like this forever?
She walked back down to Twilight who said, "We don't even know what happened to him… what happened while you were talking with him?"
"I wasn't talking with him…"
"Umm… yes you were… we saw you…"
"No… it wasn't me… Do you remember the Queen from your brother's wedding? She got ahold of me and replaced me… Since you know what happened, can you fix it?"
"No… I don't think I can… but his power amulet is supposed to help him keep control of his own mind… If we can find it maybe since the Queen is controlling him it can take control back…"
"Wouldn't he have it with him?"
"We didn't find anything with him…"
"Well Twilight, wouldn't he just leave it in his house?" Rarity asked.
"Well… it would make sense…"
"Then what are we waiting for?"
"Well we can't really go… Changelings are everywhere…"
"Then what are we supposed to do? If Platinum is frozen, the Crystal Empire under attack, and the fact that Canterlot is under attack and we have no word from Celestia something is bound to happen eventually!"
"Then what do you suggest?"
"I… I honestly do not know…"
"Great! So Equestria is under attack and no pony can do anything about it!" Rainbowdash complained.
"What do you think we can do?"
"Oh umm excuse me…" Fluttershy tried saying.
"We have to go out there and make something happen! We've saved Equestria before! We don't need to hide behind Platinum!"
"Yet when we did we had the Elements of Harmony with us!"
"Excuse me…" Fluttershy tried to say.
"We have to do something!"
"What can we do? We aren't fighters!"
"Excuse me…"
"Twilight! Rainbowdash! Can't you see Fluttershy is trying to say something?" Rarity exclaimed.
The others looked at her and she started "Oh… umm… thank you Rarity… Once Platinum showed me a wall which has all of his families power amulets on it, and he typically puts his on it to when he isn't using it…"
"Why didn't you tell us this earlier Fluttershy?"
"Well I was trying to…" but when she said that Twilight was already making a plan with the other five.
"Alright, if we can reach town square, then we will have a clear run for his house. If we can get in and find his power amulet then we might be able to bring him back."
All of them followed Twilight out of the library and towards Platinum's house.
Discord watched over Canterlot. His new master's army was only two weeks away, and when it arrived they would get rid of Chrysalis and Sombra. Sombra was far too rebellious to handle, and Queen Chrysalis was far too powerful to be left alive. Discord was too, yet he had become completely corrupted by the darkness, and since he was connected to his master, he could be ended with a mere thought if need be.
"We must go Discord…" the Shadow said.
"Go where? We have already done everything…"
"Not one… you forget again that we must still either convert or kill Platinum Victory."
"Chrysalis likely left him in Ponyville…"
"Then that is where we are going…" the Shadow said going into Discord's head.
Discord began his flight towards Ponyville.
"It's not here! All the others are here but his isn't!" Twilight exclaimed.
"I… I don't know what he did with it…" Fluttershy whined.
Twilight began going over every single one all over again.
"This is hopeless! We'll never find it!" Rainbowdash said.
"Never lose hope girls. Together there is nothing we can't accomplish, we learned this so long ago, don't forget it!"
"Then if we can do anything together let's stop Discord together!"
"But we need…"
"So we can accomplish anything together, as long as we have the Elements of Harmony?"
"I… yes…"
"So that's just great isn't it? You're the Princess here! Aren't you supposed to have some amazing idea?"
"I don't…"
They all looked hopelessly at each other until Fluttershy asked, "Where did you find him?"
"Find him?"
"Where did you find Platinum?"
"Next to Sugar Cube Corner… what does that have anything to do with what is going on?"
"He might have dropped it nearby. It's worth a try to find it…"
"That is where almost all the Changelings are though!"
"Well we can't just sit here!" Rainbowdash said.
"It will probably be another wasted trip just like this one! Think logically, what are the chances of Platinum Victory just dropping his power amulet for no reason?"
"Where else could it be?"
"Maybe they took it like they took the Elements!"
"Then we really are in a hole aren't we? Let's just give it a shot, who knows?"
All five of them were looking at Twilight and waiting for her answer, yet she didn't know what to do. It was too risky to go to Sugar Cube Corner. Yet if it was there then Platinum would be stuck how he was forever and Equestria was doomed.
"Alright… let's go girls…"
They nodded their heads and followed Twilight out of Platinum's house and towards Sugar Cube Corner.
Discord reached Ponyville and where Chrysalis had said she left Platinum Victory. He floated above Sugar Cube Corner yet saw no sign of Platinum Victory.
"She said that Platinum Victory was here, yet I do not see him…" he said.
"Then search for him. If we cannot find him who knows what he might be able to do?" the Shadow replied.
Discord looked around the surrounded area until he heard a familiar voice.
"Come on girls! We're almost there!" it said.
He instantly recognized it as Twilight Sparkle and the Shadow said, "Ahh… the only Princess of Equestria that we haven't subdued yet… And maybe… just maybe… she knows where he is… Hide until they are vulnerable."
Discord flew to the top of Sugar Cube Corner and watched as the six searched around the outside of Sugar Cube Corner, trying their best to avoid the Changelings in the process.
"I can't find it!" Rainbowdash exclaimed.
"Me neither!" Twilight replied.
They all kept searching until Twilight noticed a shining object inside a bush. She pulled Platinum's power amulet out of it and said, "Girls I have it!"
They all began running back to the library and the Shadow told Discord, "They must be trying to take him out of the spell Chrysalis put him under! You must stop them Discord! This could be our one chance to capture Platinum Victory!"
Discord began chasing them and quickly catching up to them.
"Discord is right behind us!" Twilight yelled to the others.
"We can't outrun him!"
"Rainbowdash, you're fastest! You take it!" She threw the amulet to her and she began flying towards the library, yet only a few seconds in she was intercepted by two Changelings and she dropped it. Yet Applejack caught it and tried to continue running before also getting intercepted by Changelings.
Applejack threw it to Pinkie who like the first two got intercepted. Rarity grabbed it and threw it to Fluttershy right before she got taken down. Fluttershy instantly got hit and it slid right in front of Twilight who used her magic to pick it up.
She looked around and was completely encircled, her friends pinned to the ground by Changelings, and Discord overhead.
"You have lost Twilight Sparkle…" the Shadow said.
"No…"
She looked up at Discord and said, "Why are you doing this? I thought you changed… Fluttershy seemed so sure…"
He said nothing and instead the Shadow said, "Surrender Twilight, and it will be painless…"
She looked at her friends and back at Discord in fear. Yet she saw an object flying behind Discord. She focused in on it and recognized it as her pet Owlowiscious. It flew to her and she gave it the power amulet and said, "Bring it to Platinum at the library and don't stop for anything!"
It grabbed it and began flying off.
"Stop that pest!" the Shadow yelled.
Dozens of Changelings began chasing the owl, yet it used its small size to avoid them as it got closer to the library.
"You… Twilight Sparkle… have chosen very wrongly…"
Owlowiscious sped through Ponyville as fast as it could, using its smaller size and eyesight to avoid Changelings that were trying to stop it.
It saw its goal was very close, and sped towards it with dozens of Changelings in pursuit. It went into the library through an open window and the Changelings weren't able to get in due to the size of the window.
They began bashing on the door and Owlowiscious flew to Platinum who was still frozen in place and brought the power amulet to him.
Just as it got near Platinum the Changelings bashed through the door and began going straight for Owlowiscious.
The owl flew over Platinum's head and looked at the amulet and tried to undo the clasp. "Ponies and how they make everything difficult" it thought.
It tried to fly around while using its feet to undo the clasp while the Changelings chased it. It finally got the clasp undone and flew to Platinum, putting it on his neck and redoing the clasp before getting pulled off by a Changeling.
Another Changeling tried to quickly take off the power amulet, yet before it could it began glowing, and the green in Platinum's eyes faded away and his normal orange eyes returned and he quickly realized what was happening.
He kicked the Changeling trying to remove his power amulet in the face and slammed into the one that was holding down Owlowiscious.
The rest of the Changelings quickly fled and Platinum held up the owl and asked, "Where are the others?"
It turned its head towards the town and Platinum then asked, "Do the Changelings have them?"
It nodded yes.
"All of them…?"
It nodded again and Platinum got a worried look on his face.
"So… Equestria is controlled by Discord, Changelings, and all this…"
The owl nodded again.
"Alright little guy, I'm leaving Equestria."
It had a shocked look in its eyes yet Platinum continued and said, "I'm going to gather the royal guard that is currently fighting the griffons and I'll bring them here and they can fight the Changelings, I'll rescue the six, and I'll stop Discord… You just hide out here..."